3 h. ago Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer

The death of the esteemed black-and-white photographer leaves behind a rich library of over 500,000 images showing Earth in all its beauty and darkness‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in picturesIt’s a testament to the epic career of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who died this week at age 81, that this year has already seen exhibitions of hundreds of his photos in Mexico City, France and southern California. Salgado, who in his lifetime produced more than 500,000 images while meticulously documenting every continent on Earth and many of the major geopolitical events since the second world war, will be remembered as one of the world’s most prodigious and relentlessly empathetic chroniclers of the human condition.An economist by training, Salgado only began photographing at age 29 after picking up the camera of his wife, Lélia. He began working as a photojournalist in the 1970s, quickly building an impressive reputation that led him to the pres...

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4 h. ago BBC workmen ripped apart Steve Wright’s old studio in week he died, Jeremy Vine reveals

BBC Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine told how workmen ripped apart Steve Wright’s old studio and showed lack of compassion to older staff members

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17 h. ago 'GP gave stepdad laxatives, but we knew something was very wrong'

Ronnie Haston was planning for retirement, but died two weeks after being admitted to hospital

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35 h. ago Female Team GB boxer dies at 25 just two weeks after getting married

Georgia O'Connor, a former Team GB boxer and Commonwealth Youth Games champion, has died at the age of 25 following a battle with cancer after she was diagnosed with the illness in January

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35 h. ago Georgia O'Connor dead at 25: Female British boxer dies just two weeks after she got married following battle with 'incurable' cancer

Female boxer Georgia O'Connor has tragically passed away at the age of 25 following a battle with cancer.

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36 h. ago BREAKING: British boxer, 25, dies just two weeks after getting married following cancer battle

Female boxer Georgia O'Connor, from County Durham, was diagnosed with an 'rare and aggressive' form of cancer in October 2024 which was deemed 'incurable' by doctors

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36 h. ago Brit boxer Georgia O'Connor, 25, dies after Team GB hero's wedding two weeks ago

Former Team GB boxer Georgia O'Connor has died following her brave battle with cancer just two weeks after getting married to her 'superhero' partner

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39 h. ago Boy, 15, collapses while playing football and dies after doctor's fatal mistake

Popular Jake Lawler, 15, collapsed for the second time in weeks during a game of football and later died in hospital after his family was given the wrong diagnosis, an inquest heard

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42 h. ago Boy, 15, dies after collapsing at football three weeks after hospital release

A coroner has ruled that it was 'probable' Jake Lawler would not have died if 'the correct actions been taken'

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3 d. ago Man dies and seven others stabbed in horrific weekend across London

Man dies and seven others stabbed in horrific weekend across London  Newham Recorder

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3 d. ago My brother was told his stomach pains were just constipation and he had 'nothing to worry about'... it turned out to be deadly cancer and he died just four weeks later

It took six GP appointments and four rushed trips to A&E before doctors finally realised something was seriously wrong with Thomas Barker.

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4 d. ago Legendary Russian choreographer who Putin called the 'Pride of Ballet' dies aged 98

A famous ballet choreographer and close friend of Vladimir Putin has passed away following a message of wellbeing from the Kremlin, who described him as the 'pride of ballet'

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4 d. ago The three day a week diet: is this the best way to lose weight (and keep it off)?

Nutritionist Louise Pyne explains how this flexible diet works

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6 d. ago Young boy dies after getting into difficulty in water off Co Sligo beach

It comes just one week after two teenagers died in the water in Co Donegal.

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6 d. ago Dada KD death: How ogbonge Ghanaian musician die a week bifor London show

Dada KD death: How ogbonge Ghanaian musician die a week bifor London show  BBC

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7 d. ago I tried eating a Mediterranean diet for one week and this difference astonished me

A new diet plan has been popping up all over social media in recent months with users claiming it can help you lose weight and even fight off the threat of diabetes

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8 d. ago 'Esme was so loved... not for one minute did we expect to lose her so suddenly after just five weeks'

Esme Atkinson was just five weeks old when she died

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8 d. ago Hundreds of A&E patients needlessly die every week while waiting for hospital beds

More than 1.7 million patients waited 12 hours or more to be admitted, discharged or transferred from A&E

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9 d. ago Actress's parents take fight to the courts after daughter, 30, died when 'physician associate' she wrongly believed was a doctor misdiagnosed her

Emily Chesterton died only three weeks after her 30th birthday in 2022 when a clot in her lungs was mistaken for anxiety and a strain.

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9 d. ago Revealed: Sum left by veteran Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd to his wife upon his death from leukaemia at the age of 73

The Rochdale MP revealed he was suffering from an 'untreatable' form of leukaemia in January last year and left hospital to 'spend the time I have left with my family'. He died a week later.

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